Verse 7

But people are born to trouble, just as sparks fly upward.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men mennesket er født for å arbeide, som gnister som stiger opp mot himmelen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Likevel er mennesket født til motgang, slik som gnister flyr oppover.

• Norsk King James

  Likevel er mennesket født til problemer, akkurat som gnistene stiger oppover.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men mennesket er født til møye, likesom gnister som flyr høyt opp.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Mennesket er født til trengsel, som gnister flyr mot himmelen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  blir mennesket født til trengsler, lik gnister som flyr oppover.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Likevel er mennesket født til trøbbel, slik som gnistene flyr oppover.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  blir mennesket født til trengsler, lik gnister som flyr oppover.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men mennesket er født til møye, likesom gnister flyr oppover.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Mennesket er født til møye, som gnister flyr opp.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men et Menneske bliver født til Møie, ligesom Gnister flyve høit op.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Likevel er mennesket født til motgang, som gnister som flyr oppover.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  men mennesket er født til trengsel, som gnister flyr oppover.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For mennesket er født til elendighet, og gnistene flyr høyt til værs.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men mennesket er født til motgang, som gnister flyr oppover.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men menneskets skjebne er trøbbel fra fødselen, som flammer stiger opp fra ild.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but it is man, that is borne vnto mysery, like as the byrde for to fle.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But man is borne vnto labour, like as the sparkes flee vp out of the hot coles,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

• World English Bible (2000)

  but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

Referenced Verses

• Job 14:1 : 1 Man, born of a woman, is short-lived and full of trouble.
• Gen 3:17-19 : 17 To Adam He said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, "You must not eat from it," cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.' 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
• 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But with the temptation, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
• Ps 90:8-9 : 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. 9 All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a sigh.
• Eccl 1:8 : 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
• Eccl 2:22 : 22 What does a person gain from all their labor and from the striving of their heart under the sun?
• Eccl 5:15-17 : 15 This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain from all his labor for the wind? 16 Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger. 17 Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.